Before there were today’s fashion designers Betsey Johnson, Oscar de la Renta, and Diane von Furstenberg in the 18 blocks of New York City’s Garment District, there were architects: Schwartz & Gross, Buchman & Kahn, and Emery Roth. In the '20s, these architects and others created more than 125 stepped-back, pyramidal, loft buildings—the largest concentration of skyscrapers in the world. Inside, nearly three-fourths of all U.S. women's and children's apparel was produced. In Urban Fabric: Building New York's Garment District, the Skyscraper Museum explores the transformation from the ‘20s to today, when the focus has moved from manufacturing to design and marketing. Through Jan. 2013. • skyscraper.org
